Seattle: City is put between 'a rock and a hard place'

This story seems a little bizarre at first blush. It seems that an attorney in Seattle, a Mr. James Egan, wanted to view the dashcam video from some cruisers in Seattle, during the normal course of police business.

The response from the city, instead of saying "yes" or "no", was to file a lawsuit against the attorney.

The City Attorney for Seattle, Pete Holmes, admits that he needs direction from the court about what to do. "[Egan] made a request that puts the city between a rock and a hard place," Holmes told KIRO-TV. "We have a plain conflict and we simply need direction from the court, both in order to comply with the law and protect the public treasury."

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